Thank You 2018 – 2019 Gratitude Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the CEO and Board President ............ 2 Our Vision ......................................... 4 Our Key Strategies: Fueling Change ................................. 8 Sharing Our Stories ............................ 12 Driving Movements ............................ 16 Amplifying Generosity ......................... 20 2018-2019 Grantees .............................. 24 2019 Scholars .................................... 28 Our Donors. 29 Visionaries ....................................... 41 Volunteers ....................................... 44 Organizational Support ........................... 48 Fundholders ...................................... 50 Building a world where we can all be Financials ........................................ 53 who we are, where we are. Staff & Board ..................................... 54 Denali Mountain | Alaska As we approach Pride Foundation’s 35th year, we continue to be in awe of the brilliance, generosity, and resilience of our communities— a feeling that only grows stronger every year. 2019 has been a year of change for Pride Foundation. We both stepped into new leadership roles, while also rolling out the new strategic plan that will guide Pride Foundation’s work into the future. Throughout this, our work today remains grounded in the vision of our founders, and continues to be renewed and inspired by you—the supporters, volunteers, scholars, grantees, and partners who make up the Pride Foundation family. Katie Carter CEO Your dedication, support, and vision have made Pride Foundation what it is today. Since 1985, supporters like you have created opportunities for people in towns, cities, and rural places across the Northwest to come together, dream bigger—and build the world that we all deserve. You have changed people’s lives. As we look forward into 2020 and beyond, we know there is even more change on the horizon. But we are drawing on that sense of awe, and approaching the next year with a renewed sense of determination, possibility, excitement, and hope. We know that, no matter what happens, we will never stop fighting for the world we all deserve—the world where all LGBTQ+ people can be who we are, where we are. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for being in this with us—then, now, and for years to come. With pride, Brandy Pirtle-Guiney Board President Building a world where we can be Katie Carter Brandy Pirtle-Guiney who we are, where we are. Sawtooth Mountain Range | Idaho 2 We envision a world in which all L GBTQ+ people live safely and openly as our whole selve s in the communities we call home. Pride Foundation to advance “Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” and —James Baldwin equity justice fuels “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” —Lilla Watson transformational for LGBTQ+ people in “There is no such thing as a single-issue “You have to act as if it were possible struggle because we do not live movements to radically transform the world. all communities single-issue lives.” And you have to do it all the time.” —Audre Lorde —Angela Davis 4 5 This vision ripples through our work every day to build toward our collective liberation—and the world our communities urgently need and deserve. We have to believe we will get there— and also remember that we are in this together. Because it is our collective actions that will create the sweeping waves that will transform our world. Pride Foundation has rooted our work in these four key strategies to help get us there. This work, your commitment, and our shared belief in this vision has None of us will be free until we are all free. Justice for LGBTQ+ communities the power to change the moment we are in. is fundamentally intertwined with racial, gender, immigrant, disability, and economic justice—and we will show up for movements for liberation with our words, actions, and dollars. 7 Our communities hold the revolutionary solutions to the challenges we are facing. Together, we are fueling the organizations fighting for change and the leaders Fueling Change driving them forward. Since 1985, we have utilized every tool at our Undocumented and Unafraid, disposal to build a better, safer, and more Queer and Unashamed inclusive world for LGBTQ+ people and our by Monserrat Padilla, Guest Contributor of families. There’s a belief that in many Latinx immigrant communities, our families In 2017, for every $100 awarded Today, we continue to fuel the leaders and won’t accept us as LGBTQ+. But during my coming out experience, by U.S. foundations, only 28¢ organizations working for justice in our I have never felt more connected to my immigrant community. went to LGBTQ+ issues.1 communities through: In 2012, I was at an immigration solidarity march where I was going Monserrat Padilla to share my story about being undocumented. I remember thinking: Western Washington Coordinator Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network “I’m not going to come out as queer. I don’t want them to know.” $600K • Developing innovative, thoughtful, and nimble programs Grants $500K that are responsive to what our communities need. But when I walked on stage, I knew what I had to do. I said: “I’m Scholarships undocumented and unafraid, queer and unashamed.” And I said it $400K • Resourcing organizations serving those most impacted in Spanish. Undocumented students like me cannot access financial aid, so $300K by injustice, particularly communities of color. I paid my entire tuition at the University of Washington out of Las abuelas, las tias, los tios—all the people who were there shouted: $200K pocket. I sold hotdogs outside of Neighbors Nightclub four days “YES, mijo! I’m so proud of you!” • Supporting the educational dreams of movement a week, from 10pm to 5am, to make extra money. $100K leaders financially, and through community support After that, I started living openly in all parts of my life as an I got my first scholarship from Pride Foundation in 2013. It not $0K undocumented trans woman, fighting at the juncture where my ’87 ’91 ’95 ’99 ’03 ’07 ’11 ’15 ’19 and encouragement. only helped me cover tuition costs—it showed me that an worlds overlap. Pride Foundation’s Community Grant and • Utilizing the breadth of our resources and connections entire organization was working to support students like me. I’ve been in the United States for 25 years, since I was 2 years old. This scholarship was the beginning of a long and multi-faceted Scholarship Funding: 1985– 2019 to support our communities beyond funding alone. This is my life. This is my country. relationship with Pride Foundation. continued on next page… 8 9 Fueling Change continued I’m now a coordinator for the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network In my organizing work, I often end our days with a chant from Assata (WAISN), a Pride Foundation grantee. We are the largest immigrant-led Shakur to remind us why we are doing this work together: Community Impact statewide coalition building a defense line for immigrant and refugee “It is our duty to fight for freedom. communities. It is our duty to win. Grants Scholarships Alongside Pride Foundation and a network of organizations across We must love each other and protect each other. Total grant funding since our founding. .$69,842,955 Total scholarship funding since our founding. $5,906,727 Washington, we are supporting LGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees in We have nothing to lose but our chains.” detention centers, where LGBTQ+ detainees are 15 times more likely Fiscal Year 2018–2019 Fiscal Year 2018–2019 I’m so grateful for that moment when I came out on stage in 2012—and to be assaulted, and are often placed in solitary confinement.2 Total grant funding. .$1,171,650 Total scholarship funding. $540,000 for the outpouring of support I’ve experienced since. I’m still proud Community Grants Funding. $550,000 Number of students awarded scholarships. 135 We are building broader community support by finding sponsors to to say that I’m undocumented and unafraid, queer and unashamed— Donor Advised and Area-of-Interest Funding . $621,650 provide housing to the detainees who are released from custody— and to get to work so other people can feel safe to say it too. ● making it possible for asylees fleeing persecution to find safety and Percent of students who 47% support while they continue their legal journey. To become a sponsor for an asylum seeker or to learn more about WAISN, Issue Area live in rural areas . % visit waisn.org. 7 Food and Housing Security/Homelessness For the first time, all of my identities are part of this project. And 15% through projects like this one, it is making it more clear that immigrant Anti-violence 35% Percent of students who have justice is LGBTQ+ justice. Health Access/Culturally Responsive Services 50% 16% experienced homelessness . Economic Security/Workplace Protections 27% Education Access/School Safety Percent of students who 53% “For the first time, all of my identities are part of this project. And through projects identify as trans or gender diverse. like this one, it is making it more clear that immigrant justice is LGBTQ+ justice.” 2% Primary Population Served Older Adults Percent of students who Monserrat Padilla 20% 67% Trans/Gender Diverse identify as people of color . Western Washington Coordinator 30% Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network Rural/Remote People of Color % 21 Percent of students who are 27% Youth 33% living with a disability. 10 11 True progress means that culture must meaningfully change alongside our legal victories. Together, we are shifting understanding and acceptance Sharing Our Stories by sharing the stories of our lives. Our Word is Our Bond Since 1985, we have fought for a world where everyone “In Samoa, oral tradition and storytelling is the fabric of our culture.